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A. L. DEAN.

DISTRIBUTER.

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ARTHUR L. DEAN, O F BROYVN VALLEY, MINNESOTA.

DISTRIBUTER.

Application filed May 27, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. DEAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brown Valley, in the county of Traverse and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Distributer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cut off attachment for grain distributers particularly designed for use in grain elevators and like structure.

Heretofore where spouts have been used for directing grain into difierent bins, it has been practically impossible to keep from mixing grain in the different bins. For example should the first and last bins of a series contain grain of one grade and the intermediate bins contain grain of other grades, it has been the practlce, as soon as the first bin has become filled,

to swing the spout over the adjoining bins to the other bin designed to receive the same grade of grain. However, as the spout is partly or entirely full of grain during this swinging operation, the grain contained within the spout will be distributed over the intermediate bins during the swinging movement and will become mixed with the grain of other grades in the intermediate bins. This mixing of the grain is obviously undesirable, and it is the object of the present invention to eliminate all danger of mixing the grain during the shifting of the spout.

Another object is to automatically close the discharge end of the spout as soon as the same is raised from the bin into which it has been discharging, so that the mere raising and shifting of the spout from one bin to another will insure closing of the spout and retention of all grain therein.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which willa'ppear as the description proceeds, the invention resides. in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is an elevation of a distributing spout elevated and Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Serial No. 100,306.

having the present improvements applied thereto and closed, the mechanism employed for operating the valve in the spout being also shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l but showing the distribut- I I the spout is hingedly connected as at 3. The

spout is adapted to be rotated in any manner desired, several well known means being already in use for that purpose.

The discharge end of the spout opens through a guide member 4: detachably and adj ustably connected thereto and having stop arms 5 extending in opposite directions therefrom, there being a slide valve 6 mounted within the guide member and provided with an opening 7. When the valve 6 is thrust against one of the stops 5, the opening 7 will register with the passage within the distributing spout and, when the slide valve is moved against the other stop 5, the valve will close the outlet end of the distributing spout. The post 2 has an arm 8 extending therefrom and held by a brace 9, this arm being provided with a yoke 10 forming a support for the spout 1 when it is in its lowermost position. 'A lever 11 is pivotally mounted on the arm 8 and carries a roller 12 which bears against the bottom portion of the spout 1, this lever 11 having any suitable means for shifting it so that,

when roller 12 is moved upwardly, it will press against the spout l and lift it from its seat 10. Another arm 13 is connected to the post 2, it being properly supported by means of a brace 14. Pivotally connected to the arm 13 is a lever 15 the lower end of which is connected by a rod 16 to one end of the slide valve 6. This rod may be made up of sections connected by .a turnbuckle 17 as shown, thus to permit adjustment of the valve relative to lever 15.

The upper arm of lever 15 'is' connected by a spring 18 to a finger 19 upstanding from the arm 13. This spring constantly pulls upon the upper arm of lever 15 and thus serves to hold the valve 6 in open position when the spout 1 is resting on its seat 10.

A collar 20 is connected to the spout 1 and has a rod 21 extending therefrom and adjustably connected to the upper arm of lever 15.

Assuming that the spout 1 is in its lowermost position and the valve 6 is open, it will be obvious that the grain or other material discharging downwardly through the spout 1 will be free to flow into a receiving spout 2-2 or the like provided therefor. When it is desired to stop the flow of grain from the spout 1, lever 11 is actuated so as to lift the spout 1. As spout 1 moves upwardly the rod 21 will pull on the upper arm of lever 15, thus placing spring 18 under increased tension and causing lever 15 to swing about its pivot and pull through rod 16 upon valve 6. Consequently said valve will move to its closed position as shown in Fig. 1 and even though the spout 1 may be full of grain, this grain will not be discharged until the spout is again lowered to active position. During the lowering of spout 1,, rod 21 will thrust against the upper arm of lever 15 and spring 18 will pull upon said arm of the lever with the result that the valve 6 will be pushed to open position. Obviously by utilizing a distributing spout such as described, a number of bins can be filled with different kinds of materials and there is no danger of any of the material discharging from the spout during the movement over some of the bins while passing from one bin to another.

It is to be understood that the spout constitutes no part of the present invention and that the cut-off attachment can be applied to difierent forms of spouts.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a distributing spout mounted to swing upwardly and downwardly, of a valve carried by the spout, a lever, a connection between one arm of the lever and the valve, a connection between the other arm of the lever and the spout, said connection and lever cooperating to close the valve when the spout is raised and to open the valve when the spout is lowered.

2. The combination with a distributing spout and means for swinging the spout upwardly and downwardly, of a valve carried by the spout, a lever, a connection between one arm of the lever and the valve, a resilient restraining means connected to the other arm of the lever, and a connection between said last named arm and the spout,

said connections and lever cooperating to open the valve when the spout is lowered and to close the valve when the spout is raised.

3. The combination with a revoluble post, and a distributing spout hingedly connected thereto and movable therewith, of a valve carried by the spout, spout lifting means carried by the post, a structure outstanding from and movable with the post, a lever mounted on saidstructure, a connection between one arm of the lever and the valve, a connection between the other arm of the lever and the spout, said lever and connectionscooperating to open the valve when the spout is lowered and to close the valve when the spout is raised.

41. The combination with a revoluble post, and a distributing spout hingedly connected thereto and movable therewith, of a valve carried by the spout, spout lifting means carried by the post, a structure outstanding from and movable with the post, a lever mounted on said structure, a connection between one arm of the lever and the valve, a connection between the other arm of the lever and the spout, said lever and connections cooperating to open the valve when the spout is lowered and to close the valve when the spout is raised, and yieldable means engaging one arm of the lever for facilitating the movement of the valve to open position.

5. A cut-off attachment for distributing spouts, including a guide, means for de tachably and adjustably securing the guide to the discharge end of the spout, a valve slidably mounted in the guide and having an opening therein movable into and out of register with the spout receiving opening in the guide, means for limiting the movement of the valve relative to the guide, support engaging means under and movable horizontally with the spout, spout engaging means, a connection between said spout engaging means and the valve for shifting the valve during the upward and downward movement of the spout and a lever upon said support engaging means.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR L. DEAN. lVitnesses MARTHA DEAN, E. H. HALsTEN.

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